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' A. J. UNDERHILL, 2d.

BUNDLE CARRIER UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW J. UNDERHILL, 2D, OF GASPORT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO EMELINE HINOHEY, OF MIDDLEPORT, NEW YORK, AND TWO-THIRDS TO HIMSELF.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,796, dated January 5, 1886.

Application filed February 20, 1885. Serial No. 156,524. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. UNDER- HILL, 2d, a citizen of the United States, residing in Gasport, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bundle-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a simple and efficient means for taking the bundles of grain from a self-binding harvester and depositing them in piles of three, four, or more, so as to avoid the necessity of gathering them up one at a time, and to certain details of construction, all of which will be fully and clearly hereinafter shown, described, and claimed by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 represents a plan or top View.

My invention may be connected to and is adapted to work on any self-binding harvester.

Insaid drawings, a represents a portion of the frame-work of a self-binding harvester having my invention connected thereto.

a'oL2 represent two arms for supporting the basket. They are jointed to the harvesterframe on brackets c3 by pins a4, so as to swing easily thereon, and are prevented from dropping too low by the supporting-brackets a5 a6, which, if desired, may be made adjustable vertically in any well-known Way, so as to raise or lower the basket. It will be seen that the arm a is longer than the arm a2.

The' carrier-basket b is usually made of wood; but it may be made. of any other suitable material. About one-half of the basket is or may be lined with thin sheet metal b', on the side of which the heads of the grain lie, the object being to save any loose grains or heads that may fall oft' from the bundles thereon. It is jointedto the arms a a by pins b2 b3.

b4 represents a hand-lever, jointed by a pin, 45 b5, to the supporting-frame. It is located so as to be within easy reach of the driver on the self-binder.

To the lower end of the arm or hand-lever b* is jointed, by a pin, c, a connecting-rod, c', 5o having a stop, c2. The bar c passes under a 'hook or L-shaped piece, c, for keeping it down toward the arm a.

To the opposite end of the bar c is jointed, by a pin, 0*, a connecting-rod, c5, which is jointed to thev carrier or bundle-basket b by a pin, e.

The operation of the invention is as follows: After several bundles have been delivered from the machine into the basket, and it is deemed necessary to dump them, all that is necessary to do is for the driver to pull the arm b4 into the position shown by the dotted lines e', which operation throws the connecting-rods c c5 to the position shown by the dotted lines e2 e3, thus turning the basket into the position shown by the dotted lines `e, thereby throwing the bundles out in a pile together, after which the arm is moved back to its normal position again.

It will be noticed that as the arm a is longer than the arm a2, and consequently the arm a is jointed to a point near the front part of the basket, and the arm a2, is jointed at a point slightly back from the front of the same, when it is dumped the end e5 of 75 the basket will move downward and back away from the bundles, thereby causing them to leave easily, without any danger of being caught or dragged along. It will be further seen that as the arms a a2 are jointed to the brackets a3, and the ends of either are at liberty to move up and down, a stone or other obstruction will only cause the basket to be lifted up and to pass over it without injury.

I claim as my invention- The combination, with a carrier-basket, of supporting-arms a a? therefor, pivoted to it and to the frame so that each may swing independently, the arm c being the longer and being pivoted to the basket at a point nearer the outer side thereof, a supporting-bracket for each arm to prevent it from dropping too far, a pivoted hand-lever, the connecting-rod c', pivoted to the lever, and the connectingrod c5, pivoted to the basket and to rod c', 95 substantially as and for the purposes de scribed.

ANDREW J. UNDERHILL, 2D.

Witnesses:

J ENNIE M. CALDWELL, JAMES SANGsTER. 

